Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa is adding a new lodging tier to its 4,000-acre West Austin property: standalone Resort Homes that start at $1,500 a night and come with a private six-seat golf cart. The roughly 2,500-square-foot houses, each with four-and-a-half bathrooms, sit about half a mile from the resort's main complex at 8212 Barton Club Drive and open for bookings starting September 8, 2026.
According to Community Impact, each Resort Home includes a covered patio with a barbecue, a large kitchen and living space, an in-room washer and dryer, daily housekeeping and room service. Guests who book one of the homes also get full access to the resort's broader amenities, the outlet reports, citing the resort's press release.
The customization menu goes further still. Per the same report, stays can be outfitted with private chefs, pre-stocked groceries, décor for special occasions and beverage packages, turning a golf weekend into something closer to a fully staffed vacation rental.
A $150 Million Overhaul Set the Stage
The new homes follow years of heavy capital investment at the property. Omni Barton Creek completed a $150 million multi-year renovation and expansion in April 2019 that added a second 10-story hotel tower, pushed the total room count to 493, and built out a new conference center, according to CultureMap Houston. Six new dining venues and upgraded golf facilities were part of that same expansion.
The property's roots go back further still. It opened in 1986 as a private country club before becoming a public resort in September 1987 at a grand opening attended by former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson and Texas political figures John Connally and Ben Barnes, per GolfPass.
Four Signature Courses and a National Golf Spotlight
Golf remains the property's centerpiece. The resort features four championship courses, Fazio Foothills, Fazio Canyons, Coore Crenshaw Cliffside and Palmer Lakeside, designed by architects Tom Fazio, Ben Crenshaw, Bill Coore and Arnold Palmer across the resort's 4,000 acres, per GolfPass.
Fazio Canyons is about to get a national moment. The course is set to host the Good Good Championship, a PGA TOUR-supported tournament built around popular digital golf creators, with public play running November 12 through 15, as Hoodline previously reported. The course also holds a distinction beyond competitive play: it was the first resort course in Texas certified as an Audubon International Signature Sanctuary, thanks to eco-friendly design around Short Springs Branch creek near sensitive Edwards Aquifer recharge zones, according to Golf Vacations Magazine.
Fractional Ownership Already Has Roots Here
Standalone residential accommodations aren't entirely new to Barton Creek. The property already hosts The Owners Club at Barton Creek, a deeded fractional ownership community offering fully furnished 2,600-square-foot, three-bedroom residences with resort privileges, according to The Owners Club at Barton Creek. The new Resort Homes take a different approach, aimed at short-term luxury vacationers and corporate groups rather than deeded owners, within that same environmentally sensitive setting.
Nightly Rates Rival the Neighborhood's Home Prices
The $1,500 nightly rate lands in a neighborhood where buying, rather than renting, carries a far steeper price tag. Single-family homes in the surrounding master-planned Barton Creek community range from $1.5 million to more than $10 million as of mid-2026, according to the Keenan Group.
Resort Home guests are also a half mile from the 13,000-square-foot Mokara Spa, which offers 20 treatment rooms, a full-service salon, an indoor heated whirlpool and an adults-only rooftop pool overlooking the Hill Country, per Global Traveler Magazine. Omni Hotels & Resorts, which operates the property, is wholly owned by Dallas-based TRT Holdings, Inc., co-founded by Texas billionaire Robert B. Rowling, who purchased the Omni chain in 1996 for $500 million, according to Companies History.
Barton Creek has drawn deep-pocketed groups before. In November 2023, international real estate agency The Agency chose the resort to host its three-day annual global conference, bringing agents from more than 100 offices across 11 countries to West Austin, Hoodline reported at the time.
